No Telangana Bill in Budget Session: Jaipal Reddy

Hyderabad, Feb 19: Union Petroleum Minister and senior congress leader S Jaipal Reddy on Sunday, Feb 19 made it clear that the Telangana Bill will not be tabled in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.

Moreover, Mr Reddy said that congress-led UPA government has not taken any final decision on the contentious Telangana issue so far.

Meanwhile, MPs from Telangana has decided to put the pressure on the Union government to pass the crucial bill in coming budget session.

Congress MPs also attacked central government saying government has not announced whether it is going to grant Telangana or not as it has committed to implement the bill on December 9, 2009.